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TO- ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE L. TREMAN, of Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, have invented an Improved Boat-Windlass; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and the letters thereon` i Figure 1 is a perspective view of my windlass, and

Figure 2 the ratchet and lever-head thereof about the ratchet and shaft.

My object is to make a ground-headed windlass, with the moving parts entirely separated from the two heads, and. adapt tbein to both slow and rapid mot-ion. This I-accomplish by the lneehanilcal arrangement'I shall desribe. K

In fig. I, A A are two bits from the deck of theboat, and B B two headset' winding-drums fast to the shaft C.' Within Ythe bits, and next to themare fastened, to the shaft C, two ratchets, EE, and about them, by their enlarged ends, two levers, D D, but they are loose, so as to revolve on' the shaft C by the circular part of the enlargement. The fastening is made by the enlarged ends slidingaboutthe cogs or ratchets, and by projections F and F", which embrace them and slide on the sides opposite the circular pieces. The levers have apertures G G, for hand-spikes, and clicks'H H,'th at close into the teeth ot' the ratehets. The stop or stay.- clioks I I prevent backward rotation. Suitable boxes hold the shaft to the bits.

In iig. 2 the same letters show the same parts. It will be seen lthat F and F and F" indicato the mode of holding the levers about the ratchets, and that the levers move freely and easily about the ratchets, and are prevented any lateral motion, by thecombined action of the projection F', thecircular piece F, and the footpiece F. It will also be seen that, by the arrangement of the windlass, the parts whichniove the heads, viz, the ratchets, levers, clicks, and their appurtenances, are within the hits, and out of the reach of the cable, chain, and ropes over the groovcd drums, and that, by the two levers acting alternately, there is a rapid motion, and together n. slower but powerful motion. l

The other uses and advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

Y Olat'me.

1. The enlarged ends of the levers extending nnd'bifuroating over the ratchet-wheels E, so as to embrace the said ratchet-wheels by a sliding' surface at F", as set forth.

A2. The' adjustment of the said levers and'ratchets, made as described, on the shaft C within the bits A, for the purposes specified.

3. The combination and arrangement of the levers, ratohets, and clicks, constituting the working parts of the windlass, Within or inside ofthe bits, for the purpose of giving free scope to the chain, cable, or rope on the heads, and avoiding their interference with the said moving parts, with the heads on the ends of the shaft,

outside of the bits, as set forth.

LAFAYETTE L. TREMAN.'

Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. PARKER, F. J. McELHENr. 

